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Air Defense Equipment for Sumy Region & Support for Families of Prisoners of War: Results of the Docudays UA & HURKIT Fundraiser

25 August 2025

For the second time during the June Docudays UA Festival, we organized a fundraiser to support the Ukrainian military and their loved ones. We thank you for your donations and reposts, and we are ready to share a detailed report from the HURKIT Charitable Foundation. Together with you, our viewers, we managed to exceed the announced goal of 250,000 UAH!

Within the joint initiative of the HURKIT Charitable Foundation and the Docudays NGO, we raised funds for optical systems and software for air defense to detect drones in advance over the Sumy direction, as well as to support the families of our colleagues currently in captivity.

The fundraiser lasted from May 28 to June 18, 2025.

We raised 254,760 UAH, which HURKIT allocated as follows:

Air Defense Equipment for the 61st Battalion, Military Unit A7073, Sumy direction200,000 UAH:

  1. Turrets – 4 pcs. (140,000 UAH):

  • “TOR” Browning M2 turret mount (type 3 equipment) – 2 pcs.

  • “TOR” DShKM turret mount (type 3 equipment) – 1 pc.

  • “TOR” adapter flange mount for DShKM – 1 pc.

  1. Laser target designators – 5 pcs. (8,170 UAH):

  • High-power laser pointer designator, flashlight-laser Blue YX-B008, 5 attachments, 50,000 mW.

  1. Mounting systems – 2 sets (22,720 UAH):

  • Mounts for thermal imaging scope on M2 – 2 pcs.

  • Mounts for tablet on M2 – 2 pcs.

  1. The remaining 29,110 UAH was transferred by HURKIT to support the fundraiser for 50 electronic warfare kits for the fighters of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine “Khartia.” One of our Docudays NGO colleagues joined this brigade this year.

In addition, 54,760 UAH was transferred by HURKIT to support Docudays UA colleagues whose family members are currently in captivity.

We express our sincere gratitude to everyone who contributed to our fundraiser! Your donations and support help our defenders in their difficult daily work and provide much-needed aid to their loved ones.




Photos and videos courtesy of the HURKIT Charitable Foundation.

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